RE: It's better to know a offline handful skill

You’re right about the core problem: too many people are educated for exams, not for life. That creates a swarm of degree-holders chasing the same desk jobs while practical skills—sewing, repair work, crafts, small-scale production, even modern agriculture—get treated like “lesser” work, which is nonsense.

The image makes that contrast well. On one side, people are boxed into screens and certificates; on the other, there’s skill, creation, and independence. That part is clever because it’s not really “old vs new” — it’s dependence vs capability.

Your point also lines up with broader labor trends. Skill shortages in trades and hands-on work are a real issue, while employers keep complaining that formal education alone doesn’t produce job-ready people, as noted by Georgetown CEW, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Congressional Research Service. The modern obsession with white-collar status has left a lot of people with degrees but no backup engine.

You’ve also touched a theme you’ve written about before in your post on unemployment and practical knowledge. That gives this piece continuity: education should not kill skill; it should sharpen it. A degree plus a practical craft is stronger than a degree alone.